Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird Quotes

“The Greatest Gift of All “There once was a girl considered to be the most beautiful young woman in all her land.  All who met her said that she should have been born a princess, and that it was a waste for such beauty to have been given to a common peasant.  Hearing these things, the girl often wondered what it might have been like to have been born as a princess, and became determined to change her destiny and find a prince to marry.  He would be handsome and strong, and treat her like the princess that she always should have been in the first place.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“As the girl grew older, she became so obsessed with finding herself a prince that she became neglectful of the other great gift she'd been given.  She had also been born with the largest and purest heart in the entire kingdom.  In fact, the greatness of her heart surpassed even her beauty, but this gift was not as easily seen, for her heart was on the inside while her beauty could be seen without. “One day, she met a handsome”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“young man who claimed to be a prince.  The girl wondered if this might be the prince who would make her a princess, and she decided to give him her heart, but not wanting to risk the whole thing, she gave him only a small piece.  If things went well, she decided, she would then give him the entire thing.  She soon found out however, that this young man wasn’t interested in her heart.  He only cared about her beauty, and so she knew that he wasn’t the prince she was looking for.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“A short time later, the girl met another handsome prince, and just like the first one, she gave this prince another small piece of her heart.  Before long, he started to treat her very badly, and she soon decided that this also was not the prince she was looking for.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“Time went on, and before long the girl met another handsome prince.  Again, she wondered if this prince might be the one for her.  She gave him a small piece of her heart, so that she might find out.  Much like the others, this prince wasn’t very interested in her heart, and seemed only to care for her beauty, and whenever she displeased him, he would strike her.  This made her certain that he was not the prince she was looking for.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“As the days passed by, many other young men came along who claimed to be the girl’s prince, and she gave each one another small piece of her heart, but she soon found that the more of her heart she gave away, the colder she became.  Eventually, she began to wonder if any of her young suitors had really been a prince at all.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“And then one day, a young, handsome man came to the village who, like all the others, claimed to be a prince.  But unlike the others, he told the girl that although she was the most beautiful young woman he’d ever seen, what he was interested in the most was her heart.  He offered to give the girl all of his own heart if she was willing to give him all of hers.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“This made the girl miserable, for she had given all of her heart away piece by piece, and nothing remained for her to give the young prince except for her tears, and she knew he wouldn’t be interested in those.  Reluctantly, she told him what had happened, and through anguished sobs explained that their love could never be, because she had so foolishly squandered her most precious gift of all.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“To the girl’s surprise, however, the prince told her that he knew of a way she could have her entire heart restored.  He assured her it would work, because he’d had to do the same thing himself after giving his own heart away in pieces.  He told her that she must go to the King, and beg for his forgiveness in squandering the precious gift he had given her, for it was he who had gifted the heart to her when she was born, though she had never known it.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“And so, although she was terrified to do so, the young woman sought an audience with the King.  When she was brought before him, she explained everything that had happened, and begged for his grace and mercy, asking for her heart to be restored just as it was before she had broken it up into so many pieces.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“My child,’ the king said, lovingly, ‘go in peace.  For your heart has been restored, just as it was when I first gave it to you.  And remember this, as long as your heart remains whole and pure, I will be with you, always, and that is my greatest gift of all.  Go now to your prince, and share the good news.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“She begged his patience, and for permission to ask one more question, which he gladly gave.  She then asked him to confirm that this young man was truly the prince she was looking for, because she had been hurt so many times before.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird

“He has offered you his entire heart.  What I have given to him, he has offered to pass on to you.  By this great love he has shown that he truly is the prince for you.’ “So the girl returned to the prince, and with great joy the two of them exchanged hearts, and were married that very day, and from that point on, they lived happily ever after.”
― Ethan Russell Erway, Michael Belmont and the Curse of the Thunderbird